Over 200 Indians, mostly Gujaratis, are stranded in Sharjah after a promised illegal US entry scheme fell apart. Agents had collected crores for a chartered flight to Brazil, intending to cross the Mexico-US border by land before Trump's inauguration. The flight was delayed, and the group is now stuck at a Sharjah hotel.
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